 | NovaScale Blade BL465
Network Server IBM | 04 Aug 2011
135973 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| Windows Server 2008 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
Product Description
The NovaScale BL465 server is a blade server based on fifth generation server architecture, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. The BL465 supports up to two processors, including the latest generation of Intel Xeon E7-4800 processors. Two BL465 servers can be connected together for a high-performance single image with four processors and up to 512 GB of RAM in a blade form factor.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | HIE142VUS-1.40 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz |
| RAM: | 64 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X1 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM 3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1 |
Config Notes
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Adapters and Drivers
| Matrox® MGA G200 VE | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 16-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 173128 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9 | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 213872 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 58a8ebe9877c6b4bb149c2d25f26f04d | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 81616 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 85fde38b24f9bef2fe57d986567d3552 | |||||||||
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
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